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OKIsItJustMe

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Wed Dec 17, 2014, 04:53 PM Dec 2014

Guelph Researchers Recipe: Cook Farm Waste into Energy

https://www.uoguelph.ca/cpa/wp/2014/12/guelph-researchers-cooking-farm-waste-into-energy/
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December 17, 2014 – News Release

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Scientists have struggled to find uses for wet and green waste, including corn husks, tomato vines and manure. Dry farm waste, such as wood chips or sawdust, is easier to use for generating power. Often, wet farm waste materials break down before reaching their destination.

Researchers led by engineering professor Animesh Dutta, director of the Bio-Renewable Innovation Lab (BRIL) at U of G, have found a solution: pressure cooking.

Cooking farm waste yields compact, easily transportable material that will not degrade and can be used in energy-producing plants.

Dutta said the research, which is published this week in the journal Applied Energy, shows that in a lab setting, biofuels can produce the same amount of energy as coal.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.094
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Guelph Researchers Recipe: Cook Farm Waste into Energy (Original Post) OKIsItJustMe Dec 2014 OP
I seem to remember some articles in The Mother Earth News were this method was used both in jwirr Dec 2014 #1
evidently they've never heard of composting green waste nt msongs Dec 2014 #2

jwirr

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1. I seem to remember some articles in The Mother Earth News were this method was used both in
Wed Dec 17, 2014, 04:56 PM
Dec 2014

the US, China and South Africa. Probably on a smaller scale but it seemed to work. Sorry wouldn't even know how to find the articles now.

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